Sri Lanka To Halt Heavy-Weapon Attacks On Rebels -- New York Times
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —The Sri Lankan government launched a fresh offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels Monday but said it had instructed the military to cease using heavy weapons, artillery and air strikes in the combat zone where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped.
In what appeared to be a concession to the visiting United Nations humanitarian coordinator, John Holmes, and foreign governments critical of the government’s continued military offensive, a statement from the office of President Mahinda Rajapaksa said “combat operations have reached their conclusion.” But there was no sign that the government was backing down from its insistence that the Tigers surrender.
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Civilians have been trying for weeks and sometimes months to leave the ever-shrinking area of fighting between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north. Sanath Priyantha/Associated PressMore News On the Sri Lanka Civil War
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